I have many good things to say about the last week and SXSW, all of them good, except for one. I have the flu. First, I developed the worst case of laryngitis I've ever had — effectively no voice at all — thanks from yelling at parties and staying up until 4:30 a.m. I really… Continue reading SXSFlu
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The news
Molly gets the call from Princeton Originally uploaded by jayallen. Okay: yes. The news. This call is the moment I found out that I had been accepted to Princeton's PhD program in architecture. A minute later, I called Enrique to tell him I'd heard from Christine Boyer. "I DID TOO!" he screamed. This is in… Continue reading The news
One image from the best day of my life
SXSW 2007 Originally uploaded by Laughing Squid. I didn't know yet how it would all turn out, but today would be where everything changes. Damn. Read and post comments | Send to a friend
Someone’s life changing moment
Today, I got to change somebody's life. In 1989-90, I spent my senior year of high school in Germany through the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange, which grants 200-300 full scholarships each to young Germans and Americans through the State Department and the German congressional body. I lived in Düsseldorf with a terrific host family I'm still… Continue reading Someone’s life changing moment
RIP Jean Baudrillard
If the spectacle is crucial in the constructing our reality, what does it mean when its messenger dies? RIP, Jean Baudrillard.
Vox Hunt: Couldn’t Get Through It
Book: Show us a book you started reading but never finished. Gravity’s Rainbow (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Thomas Pynchon I've tried. I brought it home for Christmas. I took a class for which it was assigned. I wrote a paper on an excerpt last year. It is Enrique's favorite book: he's read it four times.… Continue reading Vox Hunt: Couldn’t Get Through It
When did you become an action hero?
"When did you flip a situation so you could resist, when did you give back as hard as you got? When and how did you choose to confront? When did you become an Action Hero?" asks the Blank Noise Project. It was 1993. I was living in Montpellier, France as an exchange student when I… Continue reading When did you become an action hero?
QotD: Ghost Writer
If you could write like one fiction author, who would it be?Submitted by Marilyn. That's easy. Haruki Murakami. I took Japanese classes because I liked his writing so much: how could he write so simply and concretely and yet get to so much depth? Or James Joyce, who isn't simple at all. Read and post… Continue reading QotD: Ghost Writer
Michigan said yes
As you probably know, Enrique and I both applied to PhD programs in architecture. We submitted applications to MIT, Princeton, Harvard and Michigan. We received word from our first one: Michigan said yes — to both of us! These programs accept between 2-5 students, so it's a very big deal to get in anywhere. There… Continue reading Michigan said yes
QotD: First Celebrity Crush
Diana (Deluxe Edition) Diana Ross Who was your first celebrity crush?Submitted by Glory. Diana Ross. It wasn't a romantic crush, but it was a crush all the same. The first full-length, LP record I bought was Diana Ross' Diana, when I was in third grade. I played it over and over again. If "Upside Down"… Continue reading QotD: First Celebrity Crush